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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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