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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online 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 organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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