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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are empowering humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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