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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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