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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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