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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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