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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in digital education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education undertakings. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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