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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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