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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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