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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in blended learning are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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