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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these MOOCs? What 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 participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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