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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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