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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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