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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. People want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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