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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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