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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original 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 issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This gripping new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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