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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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