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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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