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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in online education make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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