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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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