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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental 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 participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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