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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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