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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original 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 teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational ventures. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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