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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning enable students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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