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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and 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 organizations handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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