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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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