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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology enable people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental 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 handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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