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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education undertakings. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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