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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC 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 we deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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