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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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