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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning make it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low 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 commonplace there is a demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Educators want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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