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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online education are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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