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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the 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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