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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental 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 teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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