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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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