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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also talks about the 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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