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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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