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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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