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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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