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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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