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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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