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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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