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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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