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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment 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 organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers 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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