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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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