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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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