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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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