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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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