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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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