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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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