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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental 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 problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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