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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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