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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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