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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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