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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in online education have empowered learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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