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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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