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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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