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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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