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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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