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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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