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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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