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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology enable learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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