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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original 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 handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also investigates 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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