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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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