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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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