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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled humans all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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