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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these massive open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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