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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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