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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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