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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Palmyra Atoll to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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