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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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