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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning are making it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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