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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Educators want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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