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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also explores the most important 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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