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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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