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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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