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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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