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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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