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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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