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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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