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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions are struggling with now that blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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