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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these MOOCs? What original 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 institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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