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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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