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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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