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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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