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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources