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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to understand these compelling new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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