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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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