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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that 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 certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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