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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online education make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational ventures. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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