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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices 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 poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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