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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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