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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these MOOCs? 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 institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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