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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. 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. These massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to understand these open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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