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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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