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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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