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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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