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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative 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 we manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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