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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. This MOOCs book also analyzes the motivational variables involved in self-directed learning experiences. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these promising new open educational endeavours. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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