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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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