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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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