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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology enable learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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