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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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