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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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