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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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