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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also deals with 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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