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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education undertakings. People want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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