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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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