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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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