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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand these open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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