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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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