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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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