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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advancements in blended learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also analyzes 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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