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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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