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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC 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 handle low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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