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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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