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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are enabling learners all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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