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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can we make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better perceive these open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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