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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original 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 stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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