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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Djibouti to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental 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 participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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