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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education enable students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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