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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the most important 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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