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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take classes 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. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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