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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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