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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Svalbard 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 educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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