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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Japan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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