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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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