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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This sensational new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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