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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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