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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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