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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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