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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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