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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth 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. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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