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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in electronic educational technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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