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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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