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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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