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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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