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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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