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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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