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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in online education have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and 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 we handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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