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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies 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 problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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