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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What 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 educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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