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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Martin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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