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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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