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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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