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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental 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 stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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