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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving 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 organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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