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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology enable people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original 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 organizations handle poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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