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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What 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 institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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