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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning enable learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original 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 participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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