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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are considering now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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