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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these 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 be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the 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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