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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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