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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like New Zealand to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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