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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Everyone wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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