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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? 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 teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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