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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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