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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically 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 a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greece to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews 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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