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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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