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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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