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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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