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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Peru to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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