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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are making it possible for learners all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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