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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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