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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take online classes. 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. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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