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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Nauru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental 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 participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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