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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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