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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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