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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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