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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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