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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Serbia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation 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 teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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