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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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