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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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