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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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