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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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