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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UCSF to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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