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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original 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 teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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