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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Scientists want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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