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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning technology enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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