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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Saint Helena to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. People want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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