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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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