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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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