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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and 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 organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important 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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