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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is improving 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 quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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