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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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