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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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