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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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