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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original 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 issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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