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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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