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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment 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 educators deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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