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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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