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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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