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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key 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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