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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have made it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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