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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Fiji to conduct these MOOC courses? What 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 inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Students want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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