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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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