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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive need for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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