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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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