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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative 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 educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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