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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that e-learning institutions are struggling with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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