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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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