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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment 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 manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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