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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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