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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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