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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uganda to conduct these MOOCs? 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 handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Scientists want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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