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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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