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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original 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 problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Educators want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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