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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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