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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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