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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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