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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment 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 we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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