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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Boston University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? 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 learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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