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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have enabled humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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