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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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