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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive 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 stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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