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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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