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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation 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 issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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