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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental 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 we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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