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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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