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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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