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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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