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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in blended learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving 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 decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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