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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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