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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massive 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 organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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