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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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