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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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