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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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