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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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