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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education make it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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