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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental 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 educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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