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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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