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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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