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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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