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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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