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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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