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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online 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 get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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