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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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