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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better perceive these new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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