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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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