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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Liechtenstein to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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