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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in blended learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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