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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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