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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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