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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in online learning are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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