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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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