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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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