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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. 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 normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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