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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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