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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in blended learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the definitive 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 book also investigates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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