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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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