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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? 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 poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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