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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in online education technology have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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