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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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