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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cuba to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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