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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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