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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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