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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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