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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Instructors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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