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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. 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 stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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