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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the gripping 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 talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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