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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are empowering people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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