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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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