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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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