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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning enable students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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