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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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