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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology are making it possible for students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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