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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology enable humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massive 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 teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also explores the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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