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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation 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 educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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