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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in blended learning have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in 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 MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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