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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today 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 we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. People want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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