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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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