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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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