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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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