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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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