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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Francisco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation 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 we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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