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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions must deal with today because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to be more aware of these promising new open education endeavours. Teachers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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