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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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