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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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 MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Renton Technical College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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