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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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