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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology enable learners all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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