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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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