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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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