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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. People want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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