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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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