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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in online learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? 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 stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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