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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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