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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning enable students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation 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 handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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