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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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