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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What 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 organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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