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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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