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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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