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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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