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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in digital education technology enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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