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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also reviews 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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