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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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