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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning technology enable learners all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education undertakings. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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