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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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