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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Students want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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