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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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