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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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