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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia 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 participants deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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