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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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