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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and 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 handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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