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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Clemson University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation 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 deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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