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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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