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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. 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 free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to better understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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