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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and many other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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