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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Intellectuals want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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