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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the key 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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