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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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