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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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