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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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