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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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