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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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