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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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