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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online 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 issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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