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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies 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 issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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