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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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