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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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