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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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