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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources