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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology have empowered students all over the world to participate in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Senegal to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these exciting new open education ventures. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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