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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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