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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. Students want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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