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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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