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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices 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 learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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