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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in blended learning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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