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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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