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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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