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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning enable learners all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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