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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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