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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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