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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like YouTube to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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