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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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