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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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