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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education have enabled people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original 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 deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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