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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX 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 teachers handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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