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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning enable humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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