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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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