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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning enable humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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