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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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