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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental 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 deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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