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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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