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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. 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 normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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