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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also analyzes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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