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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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