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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Wake Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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