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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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