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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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