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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative 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 participants get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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