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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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