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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education initiatives. Corporations want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the major 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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