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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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