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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in elearning enable students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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