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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation 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 problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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