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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massive 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 institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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