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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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