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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Slovenia to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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