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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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