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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning have made it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original 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 teachers handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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