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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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