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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Minnesota to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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