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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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