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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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