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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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