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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and 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 we manage poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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