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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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