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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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