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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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