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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning have made it possible for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and 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 teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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