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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in nations all aver the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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