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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in online learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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