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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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