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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment 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 issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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