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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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