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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this demand for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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