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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open education endeavours. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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