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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and 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 stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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