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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in digital education technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Rwaq to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative 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 stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open education endeavours. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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