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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment 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 organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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