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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Montenegro to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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