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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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