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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the 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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