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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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