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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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