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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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