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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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