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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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