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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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