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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment 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 manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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