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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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