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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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