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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in technology-enhanced learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate 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. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Mt. San Jacinto College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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