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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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