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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bulgaria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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