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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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