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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive 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 teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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