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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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