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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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