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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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