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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever 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 ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly 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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