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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology enable students all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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