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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education