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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. 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. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental 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 we manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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