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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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