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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in blended learning have provided the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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