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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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