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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for students all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Scientists want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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