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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online education enable people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desideratum for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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