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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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