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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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