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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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