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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these important new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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