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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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