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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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