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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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