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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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