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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning are making it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Equatorial Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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