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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massive open online courses? 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 participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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