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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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