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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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