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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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