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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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