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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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