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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also researches the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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