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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in online learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes 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. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these new open educational undertakings. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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