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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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