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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd 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 institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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