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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original 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 we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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