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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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