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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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