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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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