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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? 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 stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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