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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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