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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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