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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning are empowering people all over the world to take online classes. 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 massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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