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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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