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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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