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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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