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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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