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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original 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 teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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