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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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