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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and lots of other participants need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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