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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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