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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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