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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key 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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