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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning are enabling people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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