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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are 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 many topics that blended learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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