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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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