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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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