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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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