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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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