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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in blended learning make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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