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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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