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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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