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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education ventures. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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