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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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