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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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