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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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