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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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