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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in digital education technology enable students all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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