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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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