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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online 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 get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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