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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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