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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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