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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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