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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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