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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ascension to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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