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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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