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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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