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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in elearning are making it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental 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 institutions handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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