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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider today because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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