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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses 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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