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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Trainers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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