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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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