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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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