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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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