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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Guatemala to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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