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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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