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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Bermuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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