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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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