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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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