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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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