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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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