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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these MOOC 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 educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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