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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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