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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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