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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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

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