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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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