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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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