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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also describes the key 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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