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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and 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 we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better understand these new open educational undertakings. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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