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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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