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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations make sure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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