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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive 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 educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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