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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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