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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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