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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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