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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative 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 participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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