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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in online learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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