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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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