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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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