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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education initiatives. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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