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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with more than ever because 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 ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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