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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Uruguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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