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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Aruba to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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