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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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