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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Morocco to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental 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 educators handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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