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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these massive 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 educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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