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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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