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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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