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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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